IDK if the BBC still does this, but back when I watched, they had a habit of just cutting to some B-roll footage of whatever situation, and just shutting up for a while to let it play out and let the audience breathe a little bit, as a segueway and palate cleanser before whatever the next segment was. Absolute perfection. I cannot imagine the American news doing that (and indeed they do not) without someone losing their job.

Oh I don't read much for news. A local paper (which is in a language I barely know), a little on here but most in blocked, and The Onion type publications sometimes.

I still can't imagine that a news source says "there's not news now, have some piano" in 2025